LRD Defeats Beacon, Advance to Gold Ball Game

#LRD in NYS Championship Game TONIGHT, Saturday March 1, 2014 at 7pm the Westchester County Center COME SUPPORT THEM & SHOW SCHOOL SPIRIT by wearing RED!

Ryan Ray, Sports Reporter|February 27, 2014

Credit to MSGVarsity for the picture.

Updated SATURDAY- The 4 seed Lady Devils took on the 1 seed Beacon yesterday, February 26, at The Westchester County Center. Many expected a good game, but LRD played tremendous defense and shot the lights out. On Peekskill’s first possession, Kiarra Dillard hit a 3 and they never looked back after that. Sophomore Lanay Rodney led the team with 23 points, including a red hot first quarter in which she scored 13 and 5 makes from downtown. Senior, Latisha Clark also played a great game scoring 8 points and corralling 9 rebounds. The team as a whole forced 30 turnovers, 18 of which were steals (5 from Adriane Jackson) leading to many opportunities where they converted. It’s a great win for the team.

Now the Lady Red Devils look forward to a rematch from last year’s sectional championship game, facing Albertus Magnus this Saturday at 7 PM. IF the Lady Red Devils win, then they will officially be the New York State Class A Section 1 Champions and bring home the Gold Ball to Peekskill High School!! Friends,, family, students, faculty, and the Peekskill community are expected to be on hand to root on PEEKSKILL’s very own Lady Red Devils!!!

Don’t forget IF you cannot make it, follow the game LIVE BY TWEETS by following our twitter account at https://twitter.com/PHSMercury

Find lots of pictures and game information on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/PHS-Mercury/221961084768

And read articles at our student newspaper website atwww.phsnewspaper.org

The County Center charges an admission fee of $8 but will be well worth the money. It is cheaper than a movie ticket AND supports OUR students!

For those citizens who cannot make it, PCSD TV Coordinator, Doug Brown, will stream LIVE the Class A Championship game Saturday evening from the Westchester County Center. If you are unable to get to the game but would still like to witness history, log onto Peekskill’s homepage, www.peekskillcsd.org and follow the prompts to the live stream beginning at 7pm.

GO PEEKSKILL!!!!!